Weeks after the Department of Justice announced the indictment of two men linked with a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, security researchers say they have uncovered a cyber-espionage campaign by the same entity against a European software company, a U.S. law firm, and a global apparel company. Analysts at Recorded Future and Rapid7 tracked the hacking operation between November 2017 and September 2018, and publicly revealed the breaches Wednesday. The researchers assessed with “high confidence” that APT10, a group tied to China’s civilian intelligence agency, was responsible for the hacking, calling the group “the most significant Chinese state-sponsored cyber threat to global corporations known to date.” Only one of the three victims is named: Visma, a billion-dollar Norwegian software company that claims 850,000 customers around the world. The hackers likely breached Visma to gain access to other organizations’ networks, the researchers said, but targeted the law and apparel firms “to gather information for commercial advantage.” Visma […]
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